Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2009Michigan State
Danny Fortener
S • 6'2" • Kettering, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Danny Fortener shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a safety
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Michigan State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Danny Fortener built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a safety from Kettering, OH wearing No. 33, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Danny Fortener's career was his defensive...
Read the storyDanny Fortener, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Michigan State. Danny Fortener shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Danny Fortener quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · S
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Class 2009
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 56.7 |
Related Context
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Danny Fortener played S for Michigan State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Danny Fortener recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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All Games1 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
20 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/10 | @ Illinois | W 24-14 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Danny Fortener story
Danny Fortener built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a safety from Kettering, OH wearing No. 33, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Danny Fortener's career was his defensive production: 3 interceptions across 3 career games in the available record. That gives Danny Fortener's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Michigan State
2008-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2 | 20 | — | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1 | 20 | — | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northwestern
Week 7 · W 37-20 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 5 · W 42-29 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Illinois
Week 6 · W 24-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Regular Season · Michigan State
2 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2009 Regular Season · Michigan State
56.7
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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